model 1857 six line rifle musket

This M1858 6-Line rifle originally built in 1864 by the large, Belgium, Liege gunmaker Auguste Francotte & Cie (company), has been converted to a M1858 Krnka.. Photo Credit: Another Liege-built M1856 6-Line rifle converted to Krnka, this example manufactured and marked by Beuret Frres (Beuret Brothers), Liege 186(?). Any help locating such a photo or drawing would be sincerely appreciated. It is full-length and fully threaded at the end. If the vast stores of M1856 and M1858 rifles were to be converted, they were going to fire metallic cartridges. ( ) was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Czech arms maker, Sylvester Krnka. The brass furniture has a deep golden color that is quite attractive. )/69 Krnka Dragoon rifle. However, just as these conversions were coming online it became painfully evident that they were already obsolete and that what was needed was a rifle firing self-contained metallic cartridges, even if such rifle was also merely an expedient until a dedicated, metallic cartridge breech-loader became available. Nikolas persecuted large segments of his population, suppressed publications, forbade foreign travel and generally tried to eliminate progressive thinking and reverse the westernization of Russia. Add to My Saved Parts. However, there are a relatively significant number of very well executed shortened three-band Krnka short rifles and two-band Krnka carbines out in the world. Buttstock of a Krnka Dragoon rifle compared with that of a M1869 Infantry/marksman rifle. The steel lower tang does not have the prominent finger spur of the rifles but rather only a very small bump. Unfortunately, revolutionary pressure continued to build and in 1881 Alexander II was killed by a terrorist bomb in the center of St. Petersburg. Catherine continued westernizing Russia, introduced French culture into Russia and greatly improved education of the Russian nobility. Three years later, when Bulgaria entered the First World War, 12,800 stand of Krnkas remained in Bulgarian service. The Krnka is identified by its large (15mm+) caliber barrel with barlycorn front sight, simple brass nosecap, its tall, flat, perpendicular-head hammer, bronze receiver with iron breech opening to the left, a back-action lock mechanism, a brass trigger guard with iron trigger guard tang and finger spur, and brass buttplate. The original Swiss Federal Rifle pattern rear sight, graduated to 1,200 paces remains in place and is fully functional, and what appears to be the original sling swivels are present on the front bow of the triggerguard and the middle barrel band. WebThe two men designed a massive 4 pound, 9-ounce .44 caliber six-shot revolver, and the government ordered 1,000 of them for issue to mounted troops. WebThe M1867 Russian Krnka ( ) was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Czech arms maker, Sylvester Krnka. They were first used in defense of, and later in the assault on fortresses. The new M1856 Rifle Musket was 53 in overall length with a 37 long, .60 caliber barrel that was rifled with four grooves with a relatively slow rate of twist of about 1:49, or of a turn in the length of the barrel. The brass buttstock is shaped differently from that of the long rifles and has a only a very minimal buttstock tang. Katalog, Makovskaja L[ila] K[onstantinovna], Moskva: Voennoe Izdatel'stvo, 1990, 1994, Page started March 10, 1999 Thank you. Their performance in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (the no less than tenth war between these two powers up to that time!) 1876 Photo Credit: Coincidentally, during the joint development with Hiram Berdan of what would become the. Our research regarding the conversion and manufacturing of the Krnka system conversion rifles is, well, admittedly confusing. WebBelgian model 1857 percussion musket, approximately .70 caliber, back action lock inscribed A & CH De Loneux Liege, with walnut stock and several cartouches, sling swivels, 40 1/2" barrel. With the British entry into the war, the Russians soon found out that their conscript infantry was woefully under armed with their large caliber smoothbore percussion and percussion conversion muskets. Figure 87 View of the assembled lock of the Krnka rifle. Muzzle velocity when fired from the Marksman & Infantry rifles: Russian 6-Line muzzle-loading rifles were manufactured at all three Imperial weapons factories, It is estimated that some 620,000 or more Krnka conversions of various Russian 6-Line rifles were produced during this period, After the re-equipment of the Russian army with modern, As a side note, Russia also provided Bulgaria with 15,000 captured Snider rifles presumably. WebIn the shoulder arms position the musket is carried with the butt in the left hand with the barrel facing front. Operation of the Krnka is similar to the French Tabatire and British Snider. The most obvious lesson of the American Civil War was that the percussion muzzleloading musket was obsolete and that breechloading metallic cartridge arms were the new standard on the modern battlefield. I dont know when you will find another complete, matching numbered example for sale again, and for such a reasonable price, so dont miss your chance to add this rare Russian rifle to your collection. . The parent rifles' serial numbers are usually found on the side of the barrels near the breech, but may be located on either side of the barrel. Unfortunately, this is the best that I was able to do given the age and wear of the rifle's buttstock. Product #: 1900440. The left arm is fully extend, the musket rests in the hollow of the shoulder and the butt is slightly forward. Despite having a less well developed industrial base than the rest of Europe, Russian small arms development during the 1800s followed the European example of a combination of purchasing arms abroad and manufacturing arms at home. which had a shorter barrel of 863 mm and a rear sight with range calibrated to 800 steps (568 m).We have been wholly unable to find any photo or drawing of the The M1859 Dragoon Rifle ( 1859 .). After the re-equipment of the Russian army with modern M1870 Berdan II rifles, Bulgaria was supplied with an additional number of Krnka rifles and cartridges. : ; : , 2005. Unlike the Snider and Tabatire, the breech block is not withdrawn to extract the spent case. 23 per minute. The examples that we have been made aware of or have personally handled and examined are clearly originally M1869 Russian army rifles, including hardware and markings. The breech was opened by pivoting a steel block to the left. SHORT RIFLES, CARBINES & SPECIAL VERSIONS, M185(9)/69 Krnka Dragoon Rifle( 1859?/69 .). Rare, MTS-05 4 1854 Percussion Cap Lorenz Rifle $579 MTS-052 18th Century "Officer and a Gentleman" Fusil Musket $599 MTS-042 Double Barrelled Flintlock Shotgun $799 Flintlock Pistols British Army and Royal Navy MTS-017 English Civil War Cavalry Pistol $ 399 MTS-014 Scottish Highland Officer Pistol $ 399 MTS-038 Scottish Highland Other The stock shows the most wear and tear, having been lightly sanded and leaving the two cartouches only shadows of their former selves. Eligible for FREE shipping * Vereinsgewehr model 1857 Rifled musket. Beuret Frres was another relatively large and prominent Belgian gunmaker in the late 19th century. Markevits Rutsnoe ognestrelnoe oruzie, armii konca XIV-XVIII vekov. The original Swiss Federal Rifle pattern rear sight, graduated to 1,200 paces remains in place and is fully functional, and what appears to be the original sling swivels are present on the front bow of the triggerguard and the middle barrel band. It was also clear that a new reduced caliber design was the wave of the future. Web1857 Smith Carbine Breech-Loaded Cavalry Carbine 22 1856 Springfield Model 1855 Muzzle-Loaded, Single-Shot Rifle-Musket 23 1858 Starr Model 1858 / Model 1863 Double-Action 6-Shot Percussion Revolver 24 1850 Stocking Model 1850 (Pepperbox) Six-Shot Compact Pistol 25 1855 Volcanic Arms Model 1855 Pistol-Carbine 26 1850 Washington The conversion maintains its original back action lock but the original hammer is replaced with a very simple flat hammer-like striker (resembling a hammer with its head horizontal rather than vertical) to strike the firing pin fitted longitudinally through the breech-block. that represent 652A:89 @C659=K9 02>4, or the Izhevesk Arms Factory, over the manufacturing date of 1863. The heads of various 15.2 Russian Krnka cartridges illustrating their obvious Berdan primer holes and primers. Two types of bullets were used: lead, to engage infantry in the open, and steel to defeat shelters. She extended Russian territorial gains through additional conquest,, making Imperial Russia one of the great European powers. As a side note, Russia also provided Bulgaria with 15,000 captured Snider rifles presumably Turkish Sniders), 8,000 Chassepot rifles, 7,000 captured Peabody rifles (presumably M1868 Romanian Peabodys) and 9,000 guns and rifles of other systems (mainly percussion and flintlock guns), some 96,000 guns and rifles in all. It has a conventional 6-Line rifle brass nose cap but the stock is fixed only with two very thin barrel bands, the upper being only friction held and the lower being spring retained. Four distinct examples of Russian 6-Line muzzle-loading rifles entered Russian army service after the Crimean War. Round barrel measures approximately 40 , is the standard (French) .69/.70 caliber, WebThe M1867 Russian Krnka ( ) was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Czech arms maker, Webbreech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Austro-Hungarian arms maker, Sylvester Krnka. The most detailed information, with technical data, about the .60 Krnka cartridge. Has the the typical Birmingham makers proofs on barrel as well as tell tale lock makers marks under lock. However, the new design introduced a very English stock profile with a brass nose cap and clamping barrel bands, all of which were certainly a tip of the Russian ushanka (fur cap) to the English Enfield. The rifle is known most often as the Berdan I. Extraction was also a weak spot in the design, so the cleaning rod was sometimes used to aid extracting a stuck fired case. By now metallic cartridges had been much improved and their advantages were clearly evident. The new M1856 Rifle Musket was 53 in overall length with a 37 long, .60 caliber barrel that was rifled with four grooves with a relatively slow rate of twist of about 1:49, or of a turn in the length of the barrel. Predecessor Rifle(s): M1856 and M1858 Six Line Infantry Musket, This pictured rifle is a M1858 6-Line Infantry rifle, the M1856 6-Line Marksman rifle is identical except for a longer rear sight leaf. This generated a new era of repression lasting through the reigns of Russias last two Romanovs, Alexander III (1881-1894) and Nikolas II (1894-1917). These would be the mainstay of the Russian military until the adoption of the Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant Rifle. This M1858 6-Line rifle originally built in 1864 by the large, Belgium, Liege gunmaker Auguste Francotte & Cie (company), has been converted to a M1858 Krnka.. Photo Credit: https://cornet.cc/ru/artikul/123916/russkaia-skorostrelnaia-6-lineinaia-vintovka-obr-1869-g-sist-krnka/. Apr 3, 2020 - Miller Conversion of a Model 1861 Rifle-Musket. Regarding the first two rifles mentioned above, it should be noted that the Russian Ministry of Defense, being advised by senior army officers, set the sight of the Infantry Rifle not at 1200 steps, but at 600 steps, the so-called "short sight" despite the rifles having identical ballistic performances. The new rifle replaced the 7-line smooth-bore barrel with a rifled 6-line one. In 1857, 100 Colt rifles were purchased and sent to the U.S. troops for field service. Overall this is a solid, complete and attractive example of an extremely rare. On the Krnka alterations a combination of assembly mating numbers is typically encountered, both from the original percussion assembly and from the alteration process. The superiority of the new Enfield versus the Russian muskets was immediately obvious. Eligible for FREE shipping *. To load from the shoulder standing. WebModel: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. Lockplate of a foreign-purchased Russian M1856 or M1858 6-Line rifle subsequently converted to M1869 Krnka that has been re-altered to a short rifle the same dimensions as a Russian M1869 Dragoon rifle. The right side of the breech block is numbered with the conversion number, . Four digits (year 1859) beneath the dash-dot-dash line. Krnka conversion serial numbers are found on the right side of the receiver and either on top of or under the breech block lever as well as on the striker. Markings on a Krnka Converted "6-Line" rifle, M1856/69 & M1856/69 Russian Krnka lockplate markings. The neck of the bayonet has an oval cross-section. With the breech block out of the way, a fresh cartridge is thumb-pressed into the chamber, the breech block is flipped into its closed position (being latched closed via a spring-loaded detent mounted in the right side of the receiver engaging the right front of the breech block, thus latching but not locking it closed). Therefore an octagonal steel coupling is fitted between the receiver and barrel in order to make this connection, forming a sort of knoxform, but this piece is separate, and not a part of the barrel. The barrel bands were originally from a M1856 musket whose serial number ended with. The new design retained the French-style back action lock of the earlier M1845 muskets, which was retained by a single lock screw that passed through the front of the lock, screwing into a rounded triangular escutcheon on the counterpane and by a single spanner screw at the tail of the lock. As parts were sometimes mixed during the reassembly process, it is not uncommon to find mixed Russian arsenal marks on various components that now have matching conversion assembly numbers. Indeed, it is rather quite likely that the small numbers of Krnka long arms occasionally seen in Western collections have all come from Bulgaria and the Balkans, as Russia itself rarely sold off its surplus arms, which also accounts for the scarcity of the Berdan I & Berdan II rifles found in the West. The upper sling swivel of the infantry rifle is affixed on the bottom of the center screw-retained barrel band, the lower swivel mounting just ahead of the trigger guard in the manner of French rifles of the day. Krnka rifle, both the Infantry ( ) and the Marksmans ( ) versions M1869: Infantry - 200 paces (142 m; 156 yds) to 600 paces (428 m; 467 yards). NOTE to Collectors: The rear sights of these two rifles are easily and readily interchangeable, and we do not know how to identify these rifles other than by their rear sight leaves! Muzzle-loaded. During the Napoleonic wars Russia used the power of its winters to bleed Napoleon white and Russia became the leading player in the coalition between Austria, Prussia, Great Britain and Russia which led to Napoleons final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Note to Visitors: This rifle, along with the M1869 Russian Albini-Baranov and the M1868 Russian Berdan I were all developed more-or-less concurrently over the same several years, hence this HISTORICAL CONTEXT section as well as the bulk of the DEVELOPMENT section will be substantially identical for all three rifles. It retains strong rifling and shows scattered light pitting and some frosting along its length. WebA scarce Russian Model 1857/66 Krnka breechloading conversion rifle Serial no. condition. The stock was of stained birch with a grain pattern similar to Austrian and Prussian beech. In February of 1869 it was proposed that the conversions to the Carl system be halted and that conversions to a metallic cartridge be substituted. It might be worth investing in some injected glue stabilization at some point to keep the gun from deteriorating in the future. The gun appears complete and remains mechanically functional. The Dragoon and Rifles are some 48.5 inches (1,230 mm) long with a 31.1 inch (790mm) long barrel. WebFrench Model 1857 Percussion Rifle-Musket Made at Liege. The bore of the rifle remains in VERY GOOD condition as well. Brown Target Sharpshooter / Sniper Rifle 26 1855 Joslyn Rifle Single-Shot Carbine / Rifle Long Arm 27 1863 Lindsay Model 1863 U.S. WebModel: 1857 PERCUSSION MUSKET RIFLE. They may well have had need to shorten Krnkas for use by their own special troops, gendarmerie and even possibly cavalry, but we have not been able to verify this possibility. The barrel bands were originally from a M1856 musket whose serial number ended with 9286 and the left side of the bands are all stamped with that number, as well as with the bow & arrow logo of the Sestroretsk arsenal where those components and the nose cap were produced. The Krnka rifles were placed in Bulgarian store for the moment, but not for long. Twenty years later Russia again went to war with the Turks attempting to regain Bessarabia and, although they defeated the Turks (see, The disappointing results of the Crimean War signaled to the Russian command that it needed to hastily began equipping the troops with, In order to fully understand the Russian Krnka adoption and conversions, it helps to understand the models of the Krnka predecessor/parent rifles. The Treaty of San Stefano (1878) ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, provided for the formation of a Bulgarian self-governing principality with a zemstvo (locally governed Czarist Russian province) army. The Krnkas were converstions from the earlier Russian "6 line" (.60 Calibre) percussion breechloaders. WebThe M1867 Russian Krnka was a breech loading conversion of the muzzle-loading Model 1857 Six Line rifle musket designed by Czech arms maker, Sylvester Krnka. Today, all 19th century Russian military arms are extremely scarce, as two World Wars saw most obsolete arms destroyed in scrap drives to create more modern munitions. The 141-page book contains detailed, as yet unpublished, information on the individual parts of the rifle, their markings, drawings of all components, a description of the function, including how to adjust and check the rifle for its reliable and safe function. Note the octagonal coupling fitted between the barrel and receiver of these correct Russian Dragoon Krnkas. By late 1856, a 6-line muzzle-loading rifle was developed, its design based on the predecessor Russian 7-Line percussion smooth-bore gun. In 1866 the Russians began the process on converting these muzzle-loading rifles to breech-loading systems. In particular, it was distinguished by a very strong bolt group - a similar design was used in the Krynka-Gan fortress gun of 20.4 mm. These were difficult to manufacture (only 90,000 had been produced by 1869) and of course proved to be obsolete even as they were being adopted. For any collector who specializes in the Russian long arms of the cartridge period, this is the gun that you must have as the initial example in the collection. Manufacturer: FRENCH. WebWhen autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. In early wars with the Turks, Russia gained a firm foothold on the Black Sea for the first time. Eligible for FREE shipping * Lockplate, Stripped. For example, Russian 6-line rifles were made by the Birmingham Small Arms Company evidenced by lockplate markings as well as the BSA trademark bow and arrow markings on various other parts of the rifle. In 1856, the Russians adopted their first rifled long arm of reduced bore for general issue to the infantry, the. WebThe two men designed a massive 4 pound, 9-ounce .44 caliber six-shot revolver, and the government ordered 1,000 of them for issue to mounted troops. This same pattern of rear sight had also been specified when the Russians placed a large order for percussion altered rifled-muskets from Colt during the Crimean War. Photo Credit: User Nick Stanav viawww.gunboards.com/forums, M1869 Krnka Dragoon lower barrel band. CIVIL WAR ENFIELD STYLE SPANISH CONTRACT MODEL 1857 OR P1857 PERC. This pictured rifle is a M1858 6-Line Infantry rifle, the M1856 6-Line Marksman rifle is identical except for a longer rear sight leaf. Quite rare possible Confederate use period copy of the P1853 rifle musket and made by various Spanish armories as well as well known Birmingham makers such as this one is. However, the real trump card of the English was their newly adopted Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle musket, a reduced caliber .577 bore long arm with three-groove rifling and an adjustable 900-yard backsight. This decision, and these sights, would carry over to the conversions of the rifles into M1869 Krnkas, although after the disappointing performance (to be kind) of the Krnkas against the Turks in the 10th Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878. Russia thereafter provided the Bulgarians with additional significant numbers of rifles and ammunition, including 57,000 more Krnka rifles, of which 27,000 were distributed to Bulgarian units and 30,000 placed in reserve storage. It was adopted by the Russian Empire in 1869, and was similar to the contemporary Snider-Enfield and Tabatiere conversions. 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